Done last month (20150825Tu - 31Mo)

[mdlbear]

Mixed productive and un-, but I got a few things accomplished and I'm still employed, and that's something. A fairly eventful week. I've put off posting so as to get the end of the month in. Last week I delayed posting to get in the last day of Sasquan. I am not a stickler for unvarying periodicity.

Last Tuesday (that is, a week ago) our new washer/dryer was delivered. They didn't install it because I hadn't taken the stairlift carriages off the rails. (So I'm working from home today so that I can do that.) (...and have done that, as of posting time. I'm on my lunch break.)

My server, nova, has been throwing errors on sda; I went and ordered a new drive. Sunday I also did some long-delayed system administration work, and got the intranet web server up. The main advantage of this is that now I can preview web pages that I'm working on without having to deploy them. Started working on the DNS configuration, but haven't gotten back to it.

Saturday there was a serious wind storm. Trees down, power out in many places (not at Rainbow's End, thankfully). Including many places on the way to the Tricky Pixie concert in Kenmore. We'd planned on getting dinner at Third Place Commons, but their power was off. We headed on up the road, and finally landed at the Bothell QFC, where we bought cold cuts. Had ourselves a picnic in the van while waiting for the doors to open.

The concert itself was spectacular.

My back, knees, etc. seem to be back in working order, which is to say that I have occasional twinges, but not enough to keep me from walking or lifting things. Managed Colleen's scooter just fine on Saturday.

Links in the notes. Best one is this wonderful spoof of a drug commercial [video].

0825Tu
  * up 6:15; W=197; laundry
  % no knee pain, but the right QL hurts a little.
  @ No, You Do Not Have to Drink 8 Glasses of Water a Day - The New York Times 
  ~ 10:30 - 2:30 delivery window for washer
    -> need stairlift carriages removed
  * 11:00 Colleen UNW tube swap
  : Loan rates: 
    BECU:  ELOC 3.74, fixed rate advance 3.99; home improvement 8.49
    Alliance: (ELOC CA only); personal loan 8.49% 20K max; Visa >=7.9%
    Sound: fixed: 2.99-6.74; ELOC 3.99-7.25; discounts for green projects
      https://www.soundcu.com/personal/home-loans/fixed-home-equity-loans/
    UB, Wells -- rates not on website
    Evergreen (mortgage broker -- worth talking to)

0826We
  * Up 5:50; W=197; laundry
  % unproductive

0827Th
  * up 6:15; W=196.6
  @ Josh Duggar: Why He Is Relevant to Pagans
  * Pay bills:  Amex, viewtech
  * humira
  & mostly unproductive day at work, with a burst of programming in the last couple of
    hours.  :P  Well, at least I did *something*
  : nova::sda showing read errors.  Grump.
  @ Hendricks v Starkist Co. (ysabetwordsmith) 
  & Wikipedia dive into isopods, trilobites, and horseshoe crabs.
  % 9:30 sleepy.

0828Fr
  * Up 5:50; W=197.4;
  @ Have You Heard of The Great Forgetting? It Happened 10,000 Years Ago & Completely
    Affects Your Life ysabetwordsmith 
  
0829Sa
  * up 6ish; W=197.8; bath
  $ -80 ordered new drive for nova.  2TB; no point in getting more than I'm using.
  * Got web server on Nova configured, with aliases for some site directories.
    vv/users/starport/Config/httpd/nova.conf
  : Serious wind -- Lots of damage, power outages.
    STORM COVERAGE: Windy in West Seattle; power-outage updates; downed trees; 35th SW
    closure     West Seattle power-outage update 
  @ On Rightwing Christians: Have you noticed something odd about this Ashley Madison
    scandal?
  * Out to Home Depot to get a tarp and welding clips for the washer.  There was a tree
    down on 35th, so went to S. Lander.
  * Tricky Pixy concert - Kenmore.  Lights out on Lake City Way, Town Center (where we'd
    planned on eating), some of Kenmore and Bothell.  Fortunately the Bothell QFC was
    open -- we had a tailgate party.  Concert was well worth it.  Heavy rain on the way
    back, but thankfully not too much wind.
  * Picked up paper towels at the Bothell QFC along with dinner.

0830Su
  * up 6:35; W=196.8; ..., laundry
  @ Nature Rx Part 1 - YouTube spoofed drug commercial f(??)
    " Set in the world of a spoofed prescription drug commercial, Nature Rx offers a
      hearty dose of laughs and the outdoors - two timeless prescriptions for whatever
      ails you. Side effects may include confidence, authenticity, remembering you have a
      body, and being in a good mood for no apparent reason. "
    -> Nature Rx, Research & Info 
  @ Quantum weirdness proved real in first loophole-free experiment | New Scientist
  @ The True Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Never Truly Ate the South | Smithsonian 
  @ Neurotribes (How Oliver Sacks Helped Introduce The World To Autism) f(Jean Rossner)
  * finally put up the shelves next to Colleen's chair upstairs.  Required bringing the
    shelves from the porch, and finding the box of Elfa brackets in the garage.  Sadly,
    Elfa no longer makes 120mm brackets, so there won't be any more.  Grumble.  One of the
    shelves was warped. 
  * System administration:  pruning useless stuff out of /vv/local, tracking down files
    with bad blocks (in /var/cache/apt, so totally non-essential.),  researching bind9.

0831Mo
  * up 6am; W=196.6; dishes
  * bring in USB-HD adapter for Alex to borrow (in backpack)

Comments

[amaebi]

It is good to read you writing with energy. :)

[mdlbear]

Thank you! I hadn't realized that I was doing anything different, but I am both less worried, and getting more done. That probably comes through.